Device for releasing cattle from stalls



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R. H. & H. B. KLINE. DEVICE FOR RELEASING CATTLE FROM STALLS. No.321,901..

Patented July 7, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN H. KLINE, OF SPRING CITY, AND HARVEY 'KLINE, OF ROYERS FORD,PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR RELEASING CATTLE FROM STALLS.

.JBECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 321,901, dated July'7, 188

' Application filed March 9, 1885. (No model.)

- tain Improved Devices for Releasing Cattle from Stalls, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention consists of certain improvements in the detailedconstruction of devices for releasing a number of horses or cattle fromtheir stalls simultaneously, the apparatus being adapted to be operatedfrom the outside of the building, more particularly in an emergency offire, as fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly insection, of portions of two adjoining stalls with our improvementsapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view of a portion of a stall with anend wall in section. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views, and Fig. 6a sectional view, of portions of our improvements.

A A are the mangers or feeding-troughs. B is one of the partitionsseparating adjoining stalls, and B represents an end wall of the barn orbuilding, there being as many adjoining stalls as the building canconveniently accommodate. Along the upper front edge of each manger issecured a top board, A, and in a vertical position, immediately underthe top board, A, is a transverse bar, D, which is provided at each endwith an angle-iron, d, by which it is firmly secured to thepartitions orwall at opposite sides of the stall. In the un-. der edge of each bar Dis a recess or notch, E, preferably strengthened by a U-shaped metalband, e, whose lower ends are bent or flanged under the edge of the barD, for a purpose explained hereinafter.

Throughout the length of all the stalls, behind the bars D, runs alongitudinal releasingrod, F, having its opposite ends extending to theouts de of the building or of the end stalls, and there provided withknobs or handles f f, to push or pull the rod to the extent of thesliding movement allowed it. This rod is supported at intervals byanti-friction rollers g,

7 carried by brackets h, Fig. 4, which are secured to the face of themanger or the inner walls of the bars D. The rod F carries at intervalsarms on, provided with supporting plates or gates n, and these arms areadjustable on the rod to any desired position, and can be secured bysuitable set-screws after adjustment, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 6.They are adjusted to such positions on the rods that the plates at willbe guided in and supported by the flanged ends of the bands 6, and bythe limited movement of the rod F the plates n can be moved to open orclose the lower edges of the notches E.

The ring R, to which the halter or other securing rope or chain of thehorse or cattle is to be fastened, is provided with a T-hcad, 1*, whoseshank will readily go into the notch E in the edge of the retaining-barD, but whose T-head .is held therein, when the notch is closed, by thesliding plate n, as shown in the drawings. Under ordinary circumstancesthe rings R are kept in place in the notches E by the plates n, and thehorses or cattle are tied and released by securing their ropes to anddetaching them from the rings; but whenever 7 desired, as in theemergency of a fire, all the horses and cattle may be released at onceby drawing or pushing the rod F from the outside of the barn, so thatthe sliding plates or gates n will be withdrawn, and all the rings towhich the halter-ropes are secured will fall free.

The mangers or troughs may be of any suitable construction, or, ifdesired, may be dispensed with, the top board, A, and retainingbars Dalone being used with the releasing-rod and attachments.

It will be seen that in the construction described there is practicallyno strain on the rod F, the strain due to the pulling on the rings Bbeing taken up by the transverse bars D, 9 which are firmly secured attheir ends to fixed parts of the building. Furthermore, the rod, beingin'closed by the top boards, A, and bars D, is not liable to get bentand put out of order.

We claim as our invention-- 1. The combination of a series of stalls,having transverse bars D secured at the ends to the said stalls, and topboards, A, with securing-rings, and a retaining below said top boardsand substantially as described.

2. The combination ofa stall, havinga transverse bar notched at itsedge, with a T-headed securing-ring, and a sliding plate adapted toclose the edge of the notch of the bar to retain the ring, the saidtransverse bar receiving all the pulling strain,substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of astall, having a transverse bar, D, notched at itsedge, with a T- headed securing-ring, the sliding rod F, and an armcarrying the retaining-plate N, to close the edge of the notch, andadjustable on said and releasing rod behind the bars,

rod, substantially as described.

REUBEN H. KLINE. HARVEY E. KLINF.

\Vi tn esses:

H ARRY SMITH, H UBERT HowsoN.

